The fiscal cliff imposed a ticking time bomb on House Republicans. Unless they acted, taxes would shoot up for all Americans, who would immediately notice it in their paychecks. Gun control and immigration “reform” are fundamentally different because House Republicans can veto these things by simply refusing to vote on them. There are no...
It’s a good deal
For all the reasons I’ve mentioned. You don’t get to dictate terms when you control just one branch of Congress, and 60 percent of Americans support the other guy’s position. The Bush Tax Cuts are now (mostly) permanent. We could have taken credit for...
Ping-pong
Apparently, House Republicans want to add some spending cuts to the bill and send it back to the Senate, daring them to pass it or go over the cliff:...
The GOOD tax hike hidden in the fiscal cliff deal
Payroll tax cuts will expire: Taxes will rise on the middle class even if this deal passes, because it doesn’t include an extension of the payroll tax holiday. That...
Some good things about the fiscal cliff deal
The payroll tax cut is no more. If it had been allowed to continue, Social Security and Medicare would be in even more trouble. A 4 percent tax increase...
Republicans surrender on fiscal cliff
Tiny tax increases, spending cuts revoked, trillion-dollar Obama deficits as far as the eye can see. The changes in tax rates that were agreed to between Messrs. Biden and...
The Collaboration of the Fourth Estate
Democracy depends on an independent, investigative, even “adversarial” press. Without the disinfectant of sunshine, corruption runs rampant in the halls of power. We’ve discussed ad nauseum on this blog...
Top secret janitor wanted for anonymous employer
I wonder what this job opening entails. Count the exclamation points! TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE – CUSTODIAL – JANITOR – PEST DESPOSAL – PEST CONTROL – WASTE DESPOSAL –...
Why we need paramilitary weapons
Kevin Williamson (with whom I disagree vehemently on illegal immigration) explains, correctly: The purpose of having citizens armed with paramilitary weapons is to allow them to engage in paramilitary...
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